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We provide professional accompanists and musical resources to the performing arts community.

Friday, March 27, 2026

Hear Ye! A Cast and a Conspirator at the Keys

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The cast of Broadside the Musical is officially assembled ready to raise a little theatrical rebellion this summer. Voices are warming, ink...
Tuesday, March 3, 2026

A Long-Running Collaboration with Denver (PAP) Performing Arts Project

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Some partnerships don’t arrive with fanfare they just keep showing up, year after year, wherever the work is happening, and that's exact...
Monday, November 3, 2025

Behind the Scenes at the Piano: Life as a Musical Theatre Accompanist

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When people think of musical theatre, they often picture bright lights, big voices, and the magic unfolding center stage. But behind every s...
Wednesday, September 24, 2025

April Alsup and Absurd Hero at the Edinburgh Fringe

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The accompanist and composer April Alsup once again brought her creative spark to Edinburgh this summer, leading the cast and crew of Absurd...
Saturday, November 30, 2024

Thriving Denver Colorado Performing Arts Scene

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Denver, Colorado has a thriving performing arts scene with world renown music theatre companies across the state. At the center of it all is...
Friday, September 13, 2024

Denver accompanist receives A+ review at the Edinburgh Fringe

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It was by chance that a Denver-area theatre troupe and Colorado accompanist April Alsup , were given the opportunity to open this year’s Edi...
Friday, April 12, 2024

Accordion accompaniment for Real Book jazz standards

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We're launching a new program! Here's the story; We got our Real Book in an alley near the Berklee School of Music back in 1977 and ...
Wednesday, February 14, 2024

Colorado Regional Broadway World Awards for 2023

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Back in 2023 one of our principal accompanist was nominated for a regional Broadway World Award by her Denver area music theatre colleagues ...
Wednesday, October 4, 2023

Eigg the Musical in pictures

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The intersection between music, dance and storytelling is magical. I'll never forget when the show's director contacted me about acc...
Monday, August 21, 2023

Performance reviews of Eigg the Musical in Edinburgh Scotland

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The reviews are out on Eigg the Musical: ***** 5 STARS ***** " This show has great potential to be something big. It tells an important...
Tuesday, May 2, 2023

Rehearsing Scottish Ceilidh music for Eigg the Musical

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Accompanying a Ceilidh dance is so much fun! Here's a couple 360° videos of the cast of Eigg the Musical working through some ceilidh da...
Thursday, February 9, 2023

Looking for an accompanist to tweak your favorite song?

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We get asked if we can supply standard music theater rehearsal tracks for music theatre works all the time, but what if you're looking f...
Friday, November 4, 2022

I want to be a professional accompanist?

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We hear this a lot! So here's what you can expect. Accompanists play instruments like a keyboard or guitar and support vocalists, dancer...
Thursday, September 8, 2022

The world is your oyster

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Reaching expert accompanists of different music genres, styles and traditions has become so much easier over the last 25 years. A simple Goo...
Friday, June 10, 2022

Accompanist for Scottish Cèilidh dancing

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We get all sorts of accompanist requests over the course of a year and we can usually find someone who can fit right in. Most of our inquiri...
Tuesday, March 1, 2022

Do Accompanists use Streaming Audio Services?

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Using streaming audio services can be a powerful tool for any accompanist looking to provide performers with rehearsal materials to practice...
Monday, December 20, 2021

Professional accompaniment services from your friends at www.accompanist.com

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With the new Omicron variant sweeping across the country we've seen an uptick of inquiries regarding remote accompaniment capabilities. ...
Tuesday, August 10, 2021

Looking for an accordionist in the Denver area?

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There's been a growing interest in the accordion. The popularity of the instrument has really gained a lot of momentum with younger audi...
Monday, May 24, 2021

What is a Sitzprobe rehearsal?

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In musical theatre, a sitzprobe (from the German for seated rehearsal) is a rehearsal where the actors sing with the orchestra, focusing att...
Thursday, March 4, 2021

Working on an online musical production?

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April Alsup Verified Spotify Artist Accompanist.com is a small group of professional accompanists and music production experts based in and ...
Wednesday, November 11, 2020

Welcome to the Accompanist website!

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April Alsup   "Book Musical Basics" Musical Theatre Series Author We provide accompanists to the music theater industry. What is a...
Tuesday, July 21, 2020

A strong case for digital sheet music

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Every accompanist has scars associated to the task of turning pages. "There are all sorts of funny stories of students called upon to t...
Friday, April 24, 2020

An accompanist in the new COVID Age

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2020 has been brutal for the theater community and professional accompanists are not immune. We've all been forced into a whole new way ...
Friday, August 2, 2019

Looking for an accompanist for your church service?

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April Alsup performs Bach Partita at First Baptist Church of Denver April Alsup has been playing the piano in church since she was 10 years...
Thursday, April 4, 2019

Need an accompanist for your next Beatles tribute party?

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Why not use someone who grew up listening to their music? Someone who has played all of their songs. Someone who knows lots of their stories...
Friday, September 21, 2018

Musical Theatre: Soup to Nuts

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Every once in a while the stars align and a composer of a Music Theater work actually performs their work(s) for an audience too. There are ...
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